| Category: | Musical composition |
| Dated: | N.Y.C. 5/7/56 |
| Instrumentation: | Piano solo or ensemble |
| Duration: | Indeterminate |
| Premiere and performer(s): | May 30 at the Carl Fisher Hall in New York City, performed by Grete Sultan, David Tudor, John Cage and Maro Ajemian. |
| Dedicated to: | for Grete Sultan |
| Choreography: | Merce Cunningham: Suite for Five in Space and Time / Suite for Five / Suite for Two / Stillness (1956) |
| Published: | Edition Peters 6735 © 1960 by Henmar Press |
| Manuscript: | Score (holograph, signed, in ink - 18 p. Folder 214) in New York Public Library |
| These 16 pieces may be performed alone or together an with or without
Music for Piano 4-19; 21-36; 37-52
and 69-84. Overlappings of and silences between the pieces are allowed. Dynamics, tempo and the nature of the noises are to be determined by the performer(s). The compositional means were the use of paper imperfections (notes) and chance operations (number of sounds and other aspects). Sources: Paul van Emmerik: Thema's en Variaties; David Revill: The Roaring Silence; Richard Kostelanetz: John Cage writer - previously uncollected pieces ; New York Public Library online catalog. |